A realistic coming of age drama showcasing the pains of finding and losing yourself along the way. I would say this is a drama focusing in more on the struggles of maintaining friendships and less on romance but in a way it's refreshing.

Sidenote: For the quest appearance of Lee Min Ki his character and acting are scene stealing and even if you cannot commit to the whole drama at least watch the first two episodes to see his performance. I'm curious to see where the main's in this drama head next a lot of future talents are riddled into this production. At some point I'd love to see Jung Eui Chul in a positive leading man role where he is less the dark and twisty character to the drama.

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Quirky fun loving drama.
With Kim Sun Ah as the lead actress you know you're in for a treat because her talent to carry a drama never disappoints. This was my first time in seeing Lee Jang Woo as a leading male and I hope to see him in more leading man roles soon.
Well casted and well scripted with enough humor laced throughout to keep you interested and laughing along as well as enough touching scenes between actors to keep you cheering for them. If you are looking for a sweet yet positive spin to a high career woman storyline meets younger man tale then this is the drama for you.
Three stars in my book.

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Normally I know before even going in Taiwanese dramas are filled with both a lot of heart and a lot of crazy so I know what to expect. And given the synopsis / outline of this drama you can tell it's going to be a doozy lol trying to convince yourself the plot line is plausible. I am always a stickler for not fast forwarding through a drama cause I like to study all the scenes and come up with my own conclusions but even I gave up on the other characters and just watched the scenes after episode 10 of the lead couple cause I had lost all interest in everyone else. On the ending and for this drama with the ending you gotta base a lot of it on fate and where it takes and leads you so if you aren't satisfied with vague sort of endings this probably would not be something you wanna sit through.
For the most part Wu Chris carries this drama and kinda is the only reason you'd put yourself through this given the follow up of the cast is just sort of bland plot filler. I can't say as the viewer there are any memorable scenes for me and the music is just sort of there in the background. I did find it hard to forgive the overly blatant product placement in like every episode and thought if they spent more time on the plot line and less time on the flashbacks and advertising of brands in scenes this might* not have failed so bad in my book. I think my quote for this drama is "Who the heck cause about your facial scrubber!"
I give this drama a 4 and wouldn't rewatch any of it. Well maybe Wu Chris smiling scenes but thats about it.

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This started out so fun but the prolonged misery and endless lies just dragged on too long.
Kwon Oh Bok character started out so fun and then just became the family's kicked dog and the kid had like I swear 12 crying jag outbursts one too many. I don't mind family dramas I don't mind the 100 episode ones if the story carries but this series let me down in the fact if lost all humor to it and just wasted so much time on lies and cups of coffee to discuss the lies. I just really lost interest in what happened to them all but stuck through it. By the time the end came I was like thank God that's over which is a shame cause I had so wanted to enjoy this one. Even the main couples romance never really had any spark to it once they got together it just fizzled before it began. The music did not stand out in any way and there aren't any ep's I loved enough with a cuteness factor to ever really watch again. I feel this is a harsh review but for 170 plus episodes it was just overly bland.

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When I first started watching this film I thought... What have I gotten myself into? But then it takes a surprising twist on the lead characters I would say the theme to this story is that how one person can come in and change the course of your life. I found the lead actress's in this delightful and rather fascinating to watch in how she keeps changing in her role. There is sort of a dark undertone to the lives the girls are leading so prepare yourself for that but the romance that develops between Rio and the professor makes you see past the age difference. I was not disappointed with the ending.

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If you're not watching this drama, what are you waiting for???

Ok 30 episodes is a little daunting to take on at first and the first 5 episodes of this is setting up the storyline but whoa and behold this drama blew me away. The plot line never once failed me and each episode flew by quickly. Excellent casting and unbelievable acting was done by all involved in this project.

The transition from child actors to adult is done flawlessly and at time you find yourself missing the kids they once were.

I think what I respected most in this drama is that no one is without redemption and that all the characters grow and develop through their mistakes. At that the main leads stay true to their characterizations and stay true to who they are and are not swayed to follow the paths of others.

Brilliant drama I cannot say enough about it. It's the best thing I have ever watched. Lots of touching scenes and a great romance weaved in between. You will not be let down in watching this saga. I went back and watched this over and over again because it left me with a Can You Hear My Heart coma I could not wake myself up from nor did I want to.

I recommend this drama to everyone.

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This is what happens when a fan-fic becomes a drama or whatever ball of crazy-go-nuts this turned out to be. Honestly I cannot blame the actors the writing was just too insane to follow unless you were medicated. Watch if your bored or feel like watching a drama where you go "WTflip" did I just sit thru lol watch at your own risk of insanity.

The music was not really worth mentioning I do think the two leads in this have much potential once they move on to work on other projects this story line just really let them down is all.

The clothes were nice but thats probably the best I can say over all about this drama which is sad really.

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The casting great.
The set exceptional.
The filming beautiful.
The opening track to this drama is gripping.
With that being said this is the most chucked up drama I have ever watched and I've watched He Was Cool ---as you can see the bar was not set high lol.

The stroyline is brutal emotionally abusive and unbelievable to the point you cringe through it and I would never recommend anyone to watch this. I think rolling your eyes in glass is easier to take then sitting through the 9 ep's of this ball of crazy.

I never leave a bad review on anything I always try to point out the good in anything I watch but this was a box of crazy to the point I felt bad for the actors involved.

Would I watch it again? Nope. Not with a goat under a boat under the sea...
Save yourself and go watch something happy.

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This drama has gotta be the most insane thing I've watched out of Japan to date!
But then again I think that thats part of it's charm. There is something about switch girl that justs draws you in and makes you watch it as the crazy unfolds. Plot? I'm not sure if there was one really but the romance between the 2 main leads was entertaining and you just wanna see if this cat underpants wearing simi replusive chic can win Arata over.
Music wise it didn't really stick out to me soundtrack wise. And I'm more interested in hunting down the isanity that will be "Switch Girl 2" which is currently airing and I hope someone translates it cause I gotta feeling I'd be more then willing to let my brain be taken hostage once again to watch part II to this crazy-go-nuts series.

If you're in the mood for some crazy Switch Girl is the drama for you.

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I really enjoyed this drama!
It was a fun watch. It kinda had it all and I cannot say I got bored half way through the episodes. There was a lot of humor and wit between the lead couple coming together and a lot of silly scenes with the Princess adapting to a new life. The storyline to this does not let you down and it's very light hearted at times.
As always you have that one evil leading lady you just love to hate. But no character in this is not without redemption or forgiveness and every character comes full circle by the ending.
If you are a more fast paced or BBF kinda fan this might not be the drama for you but if you like a storyline that builds towards a romance / relationship then you might wanna give this story a try.

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Jerry Yan's performance is this is truly outstanding. It took me a while to get a grip on how he chose to convey this role, his reserved logical character in that he always had to remain strong to protect his family.
How his mothers role in his life made him jaded to relationships and how only after learning he is a father himself and witnessing a different perspective of motherhood over his own child does he begin to change in his dealings / relationship with Wu Tong.
After growing up in the shadow of the stigma of being a illegitimate child and not wanting the same for his own son to suffer the same loneliness he slowly develops a relationship with the child's mother.
I would say this is more of a adult drama it's not a giddy little romance it's more about mending relationships and finding happiness. I would recommend this drama it does have a happy ending. I tend to prefer stories where in each episode you get to learn the makeup of why the characters are they way they are and that no one is without redemption or forgiveness.

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I'm a great fan of the Hong sisters work and for the most part their humor and gift for writing shone through in this. The casting was excelent and the whole drama was riddled with humor and wit. With that being said episodes 14 and 15 leading up to the finale were sort of recapping storyline we had already gone through and the finale episode after so much buildup leading up to the switch back just kinda got swept under a rug and hidden under a time gap. I won't say I was hugely disappinted in this I just think they owed more to the viewer who loved all these characters. I dunno if they ran out of ideas on how to work the ending or what but you wanted more after investing yourself in to 16 episodes.
I loved the basis of this storyline I thought it had such promise for a epic ending it's a shame they kinda just went the route they did.
Overall its a enjoyable drama and you will laugh and cry through it.

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